Wang Fu couldn't stand the loneliness, so he pointed to a spot and said, "Is there any need to think about this? Just jump down."
Cai Jing immediately shook his head. "This move is too vulgar! I still can't figure out where to go next, but since Zhang Shixun asked this question, it's definitely not as simple as just jumping down... Jiang Ming, you're being impetuous."
Just from the point of view of understanding people's hearts, Cai Jing is much better than Wang Fu.
Zhang Shixun waited for a while, and seeing that they all looked like they were thinking hard, he smiled and said, "This move is absolutely beyond everyone's expectations." As he said that, he picked up the white chess piece and slapped it on the chessboard.
"Ah!? He actually chose 'point!' This move is very weird." Zhao Ji frowned even more tightly, thinking hard about the intention of this move.
"Your Majesty, this move is very intriguing, isn't it? Please continue reading." Zhang Shixun displayed the following two hands.
Seeing this, Zhao Ji couldn't help but slap the chess table: "White is too arrogant! Its chess position is so weak, yet it has such a bizarre idea and wants to counterattack the black chess. Moreover, it is targeting the two black pieces above and below. It is extremely rude and makes me angry just watching it."
"This is tolerable and this is intolerable. It is indeed a bit bullying. I can't help but want to counterattack it." Cai Jing also said.
Zhao Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Although the white chess piece seems unreasonable, the black chess piece really has no way to deal with it. For a moment, I really don't know how to proceed."
After thinking for a while, they couldn't come up with any good ideas, so they looked at Zhang Shixun.
Zhang Shixun placed a few more pieces: "Black plays very steadily, jumping here first, then attacking."
"That's right! First gain a firm foothold, and then plan a counterattack." Cai Jing nodded frequently, quite approvingly.
"...White will clamp here, and then, with the next move, drag it through..." Zhang Shixun slightly sped up the pace of his moves, otherwise, he would not be able to finish them until dark.
As the chess game changed, Zhao Ji and the other two would sometimes clap their hands in praise, sometimes frown and sigh, and more often they would think hard.
After watching for a while, Zhao Ji grabbed Zhang Shixun's hand and said, "Wait a minute. What's the intention behind this move by the white piece? It actually dared to escape the initiative. Can the white piece in the upper left corner still survive? If the black piece is blocked here, I'm afraid even a god would find it difficult to save it."
"Rob!" Zhang Shixun dropped a piece with a "bang".
The three of them looked closely and couldn't help but gasp.
"White actually started a ko fight here!" Cai Jing's eyes widened. "This ko is too heavy for Black. He can't afford it. If he loses the ko, the dragon will die."
"This is a matter of life and death, and the black chess piece will never be able to cope with it!" Zhao Ji also said.
Zhang Shixun smiled and said, "Master, the chess game has ended here. Let's look back." He pointed at a white stone and said, "It's incredible that White saw this ko fight from here and laid the groundwork, yet he kept waiting."
Then he looked at Li Bangyan and said, "Mr. Li, you were puzzled by this move that allowed White to escape first. Do you understand now?"
Li Bangyan thought about it for a long time, but still didn't understand.
Zhao Ji saw the trick and murmured, "I understand. The reason White dared to give up the initiative in this move is to use the strategy of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west. He deliberately exposed a flaw here, made a heavy move to kill the white piece in the upper left corner, and then used it as a robbery weapon to gain a huge advantage in the robbery... What a good plan!"
Li Bangyan said, as if suddenly enlightened, "Now that your Excellency has explained this, I understand. Bai Fang is quite scheming, even planning so far ahead."
Zhang Shixun said, "The official's chess skills are very advanced to be able to see this move. It took me a long time to figure it out."
This sentence is not meant to flatter Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji's chess skills are indeed quite profound. Otherwise, it would be difficult to see the key.
After several people sighed at the chessboard for a while, Zhao Ji said, "Zhang Shixun, continue with the next move. Let's see how it ends."
"The game is basically over here. There is still a fight for a piece in the lower right corner, and White can't win." Zhang Shixun moved a few pieces, and everyone understood.
Zhao Ji stared at the chessboard for a long time before sighing and saying, "This game was thrilling and full of twists and turns. Both Black and White played brilliant moves. It's rare to see such a rare sight."
Cai Jing sighed for a moment and couldn't help asking about the topic he cared about most: "Shixun, we've finished watching the chess game, but where are the two chess gods?"
This question immediately brought Zhao Ji back to reality from the chess game, and he couldn't wait to ask, "Yes, did the two old immortals greet you?"
Zhao Ji spent half his life seeking the way to immortality, but was always deceived and never saw a real immortal. Naturally, he was very interested in the topic of immortals.
Zhang Shixun shook his head and said, "They didn't even greet me. They just finished playing chess and started reviewing it. They treated me like air."
Zhao Ji and the other two didn't know what "air" was, but they understood what Zhang Shixun meant.
Zhao Ji was quite impatient and asked, "Since they ignored you, couldn't you have said hello to them first?"
"Of course I said hello." Zhang Shixun looked aggrieved.
"What did they say?" Zhao Ji asked, as if he wanted to know more than Gao Qiu.
"Go! Go play somewhere else!" Zhang Shixun said angrily.
"How dare you!" Wang Fu pointed at him and jumped up and down, "How dare you let the emperor have fun? Come on! Drag this bastard out!"
Zhang Shixun glanced at him and said, "Please listen carefully before you shout. I was just repeating what the two old men said. They told me to go play."
Following Wang Fu's shout, two guards came in, staring at Zhang Shixun with fierce eyes.
"You all should get out. You have nothing to do here." Zhao Ji waved his hand impatiently at them and said to Wang Fu, "Jiang Ming, I understand what he said. How come you don't understand? You are not usually this stupid."
Wang Fu's face turned pale as he listened to Zhao Ji's questioning. He stammered, "I was reckless. Please punish me, emperor."
"There's no need to punish him. Just stop interrupting and let him talk."
"Yes! Yes!" Wang Fu shrank his neck and dared not say another word.
"Zhang Shixun, please continue." Zhao Ji looked at Zhang Shixun and his expression turned gentle.
Zhang Shixun nodded and said, "I saw that they didn't want to talk to me, so I didn't bother them anymore and stood there patiently watching them review the game. It was because of watching them review the game that I remember it so clearly."
"You did a great job. We should treat immortals with respect." Zhao Ji nodded in approval.
"I read for a while, and my legs felt a little sore, so I decided to sit down and rest. After all, I hadn't eaten or drunk anything since morning, and I'd been out there for so long, so it would be strange if I wasn't tired." Zhang Shixun continued, "So, I sat down on a stone bench next to the stone table. As soon as I sat down, I felt something under my butt. I stood up and saw it was a book."
"You are such a careless boy! There is a book on the stone bench that you can't even see it." Liang Shicheng pointed at Zhang Shixun.
He knew nothing about Go, so he remained silent until now.
"I'm sure. I checked before I sat down. The stone bench was indeed empty. There was nothing on it." Zhang Shixun said aggrievedly.
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